Doctor Reacts to Wild Medical Stand-Up Comedy

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You all loved when I reacted to medical stand up comedy with my friend, Dr. Lou Espina, so I thought I'd try it again, this time with a stand up comedy expert, Pamela Rae Schuller! We laugh along with Taylor Tomlinson discussing her bipolar diagnosis, Tom Segura's doctor questioning his sexuality, Brian Reagan's dermatologist, Ryan Neimiller's nasty trick on kids from America's Got Talent, Sam Comroe's summer camp for kids with Tourette's Syndrome, Mike Birbiglia's sleepwalking incident, Hasan Minhaj's infertility, and Nicole Byer's pain medications. Which comedian was your favorite?

00:00 Taylor Tomlinson
04:40 Tom Segura
07:46 Ryan Niemiller
08:40 Hasan Minhaj
11:27 Brian Reagan
12:25 Nicole Byer
14:10 Mike Birbiglia
17:47 Sam Comroe

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[ragnarok]

He’s like when you show your parents a meme and they turn it into a lecture 😂

[Tres-Paul]

Hey Doc, I'm a Paramedic from Long Island. I thought you'd appreciate this story.. I got interrupted while watching your videos to go help a woman who was likely just having an anxiety attack but during my assessment, her 11 year old son Bryan was super helpful in translating from their native language and obviously comprehended some of the medical questions I was asking. I asked how he got to be so smart and he says "I watch Dr Mike on YouTube". | promised him I'd message you and ask for you to give him a shout out in a future video if possible.
Thanks for what you're doing. It's super entertaining and you're obviously having a great affect on our youth.

[xwhswqn]

Taylor Tomlinson’s standup on her mental health actually helped me a lot to accepting help that I actually really needed. Of course all with a professional physicians help and advice. But she definitely helped me feel more normal and less ashamed for even asking a doctor for help where a year ago, I wouldn’t be okay with asking for any help.

[lincimpi]

It's a shame they didn't stick with Taylors full bit she goes on to discuss her arm floaties and them making sure she doesn't drown it's such a great bit

[JoyfulCrow]

Once I went to my doctor to talk about depression. She walked into the room, looked at me, and said "So you're here to get something for your acne?" All I could say was "well I wasn't before, but now I am..."

[jsharp]

The correct comeback for "Is that genetic?" is "No, it's contagious."

[janinebean]

I have a lot of different diagnoses, and people give me a LOT of attitude about “labels”, but having the label is LIFE CHANGING. Finding community of people like you is life changing. Being able to educate yourself and find ways to accommodate yourself is life changing. Being able to know that you’re not alone is life changing.

[kristenelizabeth]

I love that Taylor celebrated being adequately medicated! It’s so nice to finally not be fighting your own mind and body to function normally!

[maxpower]

To be fair: Hasan Minhaj is incredibly good at bringing his bits full circle and the entire special was about him learning humility and restraint. Even though his DO-bashing was light-hearted punching-bag-humor, he kinda walked it back a bit in the end and at some point he expresses sincere gratitute towards the Doctor who helped him conceive. The entire special is well worth a watch.

[HPGIRL]

just for the record: taylor wasn't saying she was giving herself medications based on google searches. she said she googled the medications her doctor had prescribed her that were working, noticed they were all mostly used for bipolar, and then asked her doctor about that. she wasn't self medicating, she (and her doctor) just thought she had depression and anxiety, and noticing that the meds that worked were primarily used for bipolar prompted them to realize that she was actually bipolar.

[sarahlyon]

On the labels issue: my husband saw a doctor after being diagnosed with bipolar disorder. The doctor said he didn’t think that was what my husband had, but when asked what he thought the problem was, said we were too concerned with labels.

And then prescribed him LITHIUM. Sometimes labels are important.

My husband had BPD, by the way.

[ldkmelon]

Getting medicated is something to celebrate. Because you aren't celebrating needing the medicine. You are celebrating getting the help to improve your life❤

[rosysummersky]

2:36 the labels are extremely meaningful to the patient. Being told "Here's what's going on" is comforting, and it can be an identity aspect in some cases like ADHD and ASD. It also makes it feel less like you're fighting the universe and more like you have an actual specific thing to deal with, because you can finally group all the symptoms into a single thing.

[primcasiha]

A diagnosis was life changing to me. Struggling with tremors ever since I can remember, my parents weren't concerned about it at all but all that time I felt so alone dealing with it. Once I am an adult, I tried looking it up and knew it right away it is essential tremor disorder, later on a neurologist confirmed it and I never felt more free and seen.

[AshHatesKetchup]

2:36 i know i dont speak for everyone when i say this, but as someone who has GAD and some kind of depression disorder, as well as undiagnosed adhd and maybe autism (my mom is a psyc nurse for children and has seen the signs), having the specific names for these things rather than just wondering what's "wrong" with me makes me feel just a bit better. it gives me a kind of explanation, plus I get to then know what I should expect in the future with that disorder.

[slideshowgurl]

She didn’t say she was “trying combos herself” she said she’s GOOGLING what the combos mean herself.

[Eldariel]

Really love Pam being here for this one, because the perspective of a patient and a doctor can be really different on some of these things (like the ''don't celebrate it, ppl are gonna ask for meds'' vs ''no it normalizes it'' thing) and it's super important to have these discussions

[ACraven]

I think labels can be really helpful to help you connect with other people who have had similar experiences. ADHD and Autism are ones I have experience with, and getting diagnosed as an adult with them helped me understand why I struggled so much in so many ways growing up. It has also helped me find other folks who have grown up with similar experiences.

[sadem]

Me immediately: "YOU TELL HIM,

Honestly, a few of Dr. Mike's comments during Taylor Tomlinson's set - about people cheering when she said she was on medication, labels - it was obvious that he has so much to learn about the mental health community. It was frustrating and I'm so glad Pamela was there to set him straight.

[chriscecil]

Pam makes a joke, DoctorMike doesn’t get it, and Pam’s smile just radiates.
Perfection ❤